Tera van Beilen

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Tera van Beilen
Tera Van Beilen.jpg
Van Beilen in 2016
Personal information
Nickname"TVB"
National teamFlag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
Born (1993-03-30) March 30, 1993 (age 31)
Mississauga, Ontario, Canada
Height1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight71 kg (157 lb)
Sport
Sport Swimming
Strokes Breaststroke
ClubOakville Aquatic Club
College team University of British Columbia
Medal record
Women's swimming
Representing Canada
Summer Youth Olympics
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2010 Singapore 100m breaststroke
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2010 Singapore 200m breaststroke
Pan American Games
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2015 Toronto 4×100 m medley
Commonwealth Games
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2014 Glasgow 4×100 m medley

Tera van Beilen (born March 30, 1993) is a Canadian competition swimmer and Olympian.

In the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics in Singapore, Van Beilen won a gold medal in the women's 100-metre breaststroke and a silver in the 200-metre breaststroke. [1]

In 2012, while competing in the Canadian Olympic trials in Montreal, Van Beilen had qualified for the Olympics. She placed first with a time of 2:24.03, ahead of Canadian swimmer Martha McCabe with a time of 2:24.81. Van Beilen's timing placed her second in the world for 2012, behind the 2:22.73 time of reigning American Olympic champion Rebecca Soni. [2]

During the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, Van Beilen received much attention as a Canadian Olympian. She participated in the women's 100-metre and 200-metre breaststroke categories, as well as the women's 4x100-metre medley relay. [3] While competing in the women's 100-metre breaststroke, she proceeded to the semi-finals, only to be eliminated in a swim-off with Alia Atkinson of Jamaica. [4] [5]

Outside of the 2012 Olympic Games, Van Beilen competes regularly in local, provincial, and international level swimming competitions. She is currently attending the University of British Columbia studying kinesiology, and is an active member of the UBC Thunderbirds university swimming team. [6] She has also achieved personal bests of 1:07.37 in the 100-metre breaststroke, and 2:24.03 in the 200-metre breaststroke. [7]

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References

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